Michael B Meets Dalio w/ Pop Bots 2.1.0
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About
A daily, rules‑based “all‑weather” strategy with short‑term pop‑signals. It buys aggressive stock funds in calm uptrends and pivots to Treasuries, gold, USD, commodities or shorts when markets weaken, with a small crash hedge for shocks.
Each day it checks four things: trend (are prices above/below long‑term average?), recent winners, how volatile markets are, and whether moves look stretched.
If trends are up and calm, it owns aggressive stock funds (S&P 500, Nasdaq, semis).
If shaky or down, it shifts to Treasuries, gold, the US dollar, commodities, or even short funds. A small UVXY/managed‑futures sleeve hedges sudden drops.
Out-of-sample edge: 32.6% annualized return vs SPY's 22.7%, with a 1.23 Calmar. Gains in calm uptrends with leverage; hedges downturns via Treasuries/gold/USD. Higher risk, smarter protection, long-run growth.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.68 | 0.21 | 0.46 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151.01% | 14.67% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.79 | |
| 4,292.53% | 75.54% | 2.39% | 7.9% | 2.05 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$439,253.39Regulatory Fees
$1,270.36
Total Slippage
$7,700.59
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Feb 23, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, trend following, momentum, all-weather, volatility targeting, leveraged etfs, managed futures, crash hedging, multi-asset
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 84 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CCOR
Core Alternative Capital
Stocks
COM
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF
Stocks
DBA
Invesco DB Agriculture Fund
Stocks
DBB
Invesco DB Base Metals Fund
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DBE
Invesco DB Energy Fund
Stocks